linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] iomap: new code for 5.4

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Message-ID: <20190919170711.GA9065@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:07:11 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
        Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>,
        cluster-devel <cluster-devel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] iomap: new code for 5.4

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:03:30AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It's just that we've survived three decades without that list_pop(),
> and I don't want to make our header files even bigger and more complex
> unless we actually have multiple real users.

I personally surived with it, but really hated writing the open coded
list_for_each_entry + list_del or while list_first_entry_or_null +
┐ist_del when I could have a nice primitive for it.  I finally decided
to just add that helper..